Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,208 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Dorothy Cotton
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Dorothy Cotton (1930-2018)
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Ossie Davis (1917-2005)
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Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987)
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Lacey Kirk Williams (1871-1940)

Explore Global African History

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The Riot of Bamber Bridge (1943)
Zanzibar Revolution
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The Zanzibar Revolution of 1964
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Yityish “Titi” Aynaw (1992- )
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Harare, Zimbabwe (1890- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Eddie “the Sheik” Gardner: An Ultramarathoning Legend and Unsung Hero in the Struggle for Racial Equality in America.
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Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru
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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles
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Jan Mostaert’s Portrait of a Moor (1520-1530)

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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